Hello! Sorry for the bluntness, I had to fit all this into the word limit. So, I went to a piercing shop for my birthday. I had been saving up for nipple piercings. I looked at the reviews for the place, and they were good, around 4-5 stars

I go in, I tell the piercer what I want. He asks me if I want standard jewelry, and I say yes. The piercing process goes well. Time skip about 2 months, and the piercings reject. I thought it wasn’t meant to be, so I didn’t make a fuss. I showed the jewelry to my roommate with nipple piercings, and she asked, “This is what he pierced you with?” He had pierced me with a 16g curved bar. My roommate told me that was incorrect. She was pierced with a 14g straight bar. She advised me to call the piercer to try and get compensation. I’m new to piercings and didn’t know what the acceptable gauge size was. The piercer didn’t tell me he was piercing me with this gauge.

I called the shop to explain the situation. He interrupted me in the middle and said, “Hold on”, before putting the phone down. After a bit, he picks the phone up and asks me to explain, so I do. He starts to argue with me, saying there’s nothing wrong with the jewelry. He said I should have come into the shop, but I wasn’t advised to do so before. I told him about my roommate’s jewelry. He said, “I gave you an upgraded bar, soooo, you want a downgraded bar?” He kept arguing, so I hung up the phone and made a few reviews.

He eventually replied to one of my reviews saying if I still had the jewelry and brought it to the shop, he would compensate me. I decided to go to some other piercers and have them look at the jewelry. I went to two different shops, and both places apologized to me, saying I shouldn’t have been given this. One of the piercers said the jewelry is what he’d use for eyebrow piercings.

I go into the shop telling him I’m the person from the review. The in-person interaction didn’t go well. He told me I have no idea what I’m talking about. He also said he “follows the Piercing Bible.” The piercer was rude towards me and began to raise his voice at me. I probably shouldn’t have, but I left the shop and told him “Fck you, and go fck yourself”. I’ve never cussed at anyone before, and my frustrations got the best of me.

The book he cited stated to use a minimum of 14g for nipple piercings and recommended a straight bar. I’m not sure if his version was outdated or if he was lying.

I updated my reviews. I included that I cussed. I’m an open book and didn’t hide any details. The piercer responded with, “Thank you for taking the time to leave this review, but we think responding with what you left us is best. “Go Fck Yourself” and “Fck You” were the words you chose for the situation. We are not obligated to help when we are being verbally abused. Thank you and have a good day.” I don’t want to respond to his comment because I’m tired of this situation.

I’m trying to forget this, but it’s been weighing on me. Thanks for reading!